A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. Exact location, longitude 70.4806° East, latitude 36.1213° North, depth = 118.64 km. The temblor was reported at 09:06:02 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000itgw. Unique identifier: us2000itgw. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/18 / 2018-12-14 04:36:02 / December 14, 2018 @ 4:36 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118.64 km (74 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Pārūn, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km WNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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